Using Live.com as a Search Page

posted by  varson (7)  15 months ago (blogs.msdn.com)

I have always felt there is a fundamental distinction between a 'search page' and a 'home page'. A search page should be very fast, have a prominent search box and no other content to distract me from doing my search. A home page, on the other hand, should have all the various pieces of content I want at a glance, like my stock quotes, weather, news feeds and blogs I like to read, and so on.

Now live.com, since its inception, has functioned as a great home page for me. I sure would like it to load faster (and I know the live.com team has performance as one of their top goal